Archive for March, 2011

New Leaked Pics of the HTC Pyramid

March 31st, 2011
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Over at XDA-Developers, an anonymous tipster sent in several photos of the HTC Pyramid. Thankfully, these pics show more that just the blurry body of a phone and actually give us some insight into the phone itself. Take a look. According to the pics, the Pyramid will run on Android 2.3, have a 4.3" QHD Display, 8 mega ...

Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt Outselling iPhone 4 In Verizon Stores

March 31st, 2011
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BTIG Research has done a very informal study by calling 150 Verizon Wireless corporate stores across the country in 22 cities across the United States.  In this study they have asked each store which device is selling better the HTC Thunderbolt or the iPhone 4.  61% of the stores they called said they sold about ...

Droid Charge and Droid Incredible 2 Pricing Revelaed

March 31st, 2011
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Pricing has been announced regarding Verizon's two newest Android phones, the Droid Charge and Droid Incredible 2. Both are excpected to be landing at Verizon stores some time in April. According to the document above the Droid Charge will be priced at $299, however we are guessing that once instant discounts and the such are applied ...

BREAKING: Verizon Device Return Policy Changes Today Very Bad For You

March 31st, 2011
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Effective immediately Verizon is making changes to it's return policy for DEFECTIVE devices.  Prior to March 31, 2011 there were devices in store to swap out a defective device now there will be only 4 devices per store.  These are only to be offered on a per case basis with members of the Armed Services ...

Samsung and US Cellular Announce Samsung Gem Arriving Tomorrow

March 31st, 2011
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Do you remember the Samsung Gem, that mystery mid range Android device that snuck onto the pages of a Best Buy Mobile magazine?  Well it's finally being released tomorrow on US Cellular. (insert random April fool's joke here). The Samsung Gem has also been released by Alltel. The Samsung Gem won't rock your socks off if ...

HTML 5 Track Added At Streaming Media East

March 31st, 2011
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We know that those of us lucky enough to get a Google IO ticket in time will be in San Francisco on May 10th and 11th but for those of you that didn't or live on the east coast there is a conference called Streaming Media East being held at the Hilton New York City ...

Google to close Android, say bye bye to open source

March 31st, 2011

Yes are favorite way to give reasons as to why we rather use a green robot over a semi eaten fruit is about to be gone. As first reported by Bloomberg Business this morning Google is now telling the OEMs that it'll no longer allow for customization as its done in the past. There will be ...

PlayStation Emulator Pulled From Market In Anticipation Of Xperia Play Release?

March 31st, 2011
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Popular Android PlayStation emulator PSX4Droid by ZodTTD has been pulled from the Android market after 6 months citing content violations. Both PSX4Droid and rival fpse have been popular staples in the market for mobile gamers. The release of the Sony Xperia Play is imminent, it was shown off at the Sony Ericsson booth at CTIA and ...

Symantec Issues Warning About Another Android Malware

March 30th, 2011
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There is an application in the Android Market called "Walk & Text" it was an innovative idea where it would put up a view of your Android devices rear facing camera so that you could see it and text at the same time, allowing you to see what's in front of you. According to Symantec, that ...

AT&T May Have To Divest Assets in T-Mobile Deal

March 30th, 2011
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AT&T CEO, Randall Stephenson has confirmed that they may be forced to divest customers, along with wireless spectrum in their bid for T-Mobile USA. This announcement does not come as a surprise to many. Mergers involving two major wireless companies would require some sort of divestiture involved. This has not been the first time a wireless company has ...

Sony Xperia Play Games

March 30th, 2011
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Last year when news started to leak out about the Sony Xperia Play, people didn't believe that Sony would merge the phone and the psp. Now we are just weeks away from it's US release on Verizon Wireless.  The Xperia Play was released at Mobile World Congress and then demoed again at CTIA. We've had ...

Tap Tap Revenge 4 Now Available in the Android Market

March 30th, 2011
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Tapulous announced that their latest version of their wildly entertaining and successful rhythm game, Tap Tap Revenge 4, is now available in the Android Market. This will be the first time that Tapulous co-founder and Disney Mobile General Manager, Bart Decrem, has launched an Android app. Tap Tap Revenge 4, is available for free and features many popular artists ...